Not a day goes by during veterinary school that I do not forget my times spent in the bush of Southern Africa. I can still hear the sounds of the morning arising in my head. Here, in the US, we hear crows (Corvus americanus) and American robins (Turdus migratorius) break the morning silence with their […]

Over the last week, my roommates and I have had a prospective therio student from another vet school crash on our couch. He had taken a year off before his clincal year in vet school and was interning at various veterinary schools. While this happens quite often in veterinary medicine, our situation was rather unique […]

As the world gets smaller through ease of transportation and increased technological connection, the health professions strive to be on the forefront of disease prevention and detection. Veterinarians are a crucial part of that equation, as large sections of the public and government are still unaware of how animal and human health are tied together […]

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Jenifer Ritter

First Year, Penn Foster

Jenifer works full time at an Emergency Veterinary Clinic while going to school to become a certified veterinary technician. She is hopeful that blogging about her journey through the veterinary technology program will help others realize it is never too late to act on your dreams and become a certified veterinary professional.

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